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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tarnish/ˈtɑːnɪʃ/
▶verb
- 1 lose or cause to lose lustre, especially as a result of exposure to air or moisture.
- 2 make less valuable or respected: they make up negative stories to tarnish my image.
■ a film or stain formed on an exposed surface of a mineral or metal.
– derivatives
tarnishable adjective.
tarnishable adjective.
– origin ME: from Fr. terniss-, lengthened stem of ternir, from terne ‘dark, dull’.
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